New(ish) HouseBuilder ruby?

tim

I have been trying to build internal walls for a house design and decided to try the HouseBuilder. According to the Extension page on SCF there should be a version on the CRAI site but if I try to fetch anything like http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/HouseBuilder_extension.rb
I get a 404 error.

I did find an ancient original Steve Hurlbut copy on a japanese site but there seem to be a bunch of bugs in it - doors get offset 1/2" from where they shouldbe, odd things happen if you have a wall inside a component, truly demented things happen if you add a second door to a wall and so on.

Has the CRAI site gone away? Is it temporarily dead for tax reasons? Does anyone have a copy of the latest imperial measurements version?

jeff hammond

it's still there.. house builder is on this page:
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/en_arc_page.htm

[and for some reason, i always have to right-click then download linked file from crai otherwise the actual ruby text will open in my browser.. the zip files work normally]

edit-- here's the main site address now:
http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/RUBY_Library_Depot.htm

searching will link to the old address though so it's not much use..

tim

Interesting - a single link did eventually arrive at a place that didn't 404 on me. Sadly it only seems to provide the old and apparently buggy plugin.
It doesn't fill me with confidence to see right at the beginning of the HouseBuilder_extension.rb -

Floor tool

cmd3 = UI::Command.new(("Wall tool")) { Sketchup.active_model.select_tool HouseBuilder::FloorTool.new }
cmd3.small_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_S.png"
cmd3.large_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_floortool_L.png"
cmd3.tooltip = "Creates a floor."
hb_tb.add_item(cmd3)

Wall tool

cmd1 = UI::Command.new(("Wall tool")) { Sketchup.active_model.select_tool HouseBuilder::WallTool.new }
cmd1.small_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_walltool_S.png"
cmd1.large_icon = "HouseBuilder/hb_walltool_L.png"
cmd1.tooltip = "Creates a wall."
hb_tb.add_item(cmd1)

Surely building two commands with the same name can't be a good idea?

tim

OK, I managed to debug (good grief, Ruby is horrible) the issue with the door frame being offset (silly arithmetic error, easily fixed once spotted) and the weird-things-with-two-doors stopped after replacing the wall.

tim

Aaaannd... now I've managed to remove a really stupid bug that made the system beep every time you click for a context menu and the selection is not a wall. SIgh.

Gaieus

Ah, that's the infamous beep with housebuilder!

watkins

Dear Tim,

Perhaps you could release your de-bugged version. I am sure that it would be useful to some Forum members. What is the etiquette here?

Kind regards,
Bob

tim

@watkins said:

Perhaps you could release your de-bugged version.

I'm perfectly happy to do so; if anyone wants to package it up that's fine by me; I guess Didier is the best candidate.

Here it is anyway - modified Housebuilder.rb with the door sizing fixed to compensate for the rough opening offset and the stupid beep fixed. There is still a huge amount that could be improved.
modified by tim Rowledge to fix a couple of bugs

watkins

Dear Tim,

Thank you for doing that. I'm sure that others will appreciate having a de-bugged version.

Kind regards,
Bob

mikeh

Hello all,
Tim, thanks for the bug fixes. I found this thread doing a search to get rid of the beep you described. I downloaded the new .rb file and put it in my Housebuilder subfolder under Plugins, replacing the one that was there. However, I'm still getting the beep anytime I select the EDIT menu as well as every time I right-click on a drawing. Was this the beep that was address and, if so, are there more steps I need to take?

Thanks,
-mike

tim

@mikeh said:

However, I'm still getting the beep anytime I select the EDIT menu as well as every time I right-click on a drawing. Was this the beep that was address and, if so, are there more steps I need to take?

Ah. Yes, you need to slap me upside the head to upload the correct file. I forgot that I altered the HousebuilderTool.rb as well. So here it is.
HouseBuilderTool.rb

gladtobegrey

Thanks for this ... I wondered where that 'plink-plonk' appeared from (I don't always have sound on, so didn't immediately associate it with Housebuilder).

egarstang

@tim said:

@mikeh said:

However, I'm still getting the beep anytime I select the EDIT menu as well as every time I right-click on a drawing. Was this the beep that was address and, if so, are there more steps I need to take?

Ah. Yes, you need to slap me upside the head to upload the correct file. I forgot that I altered the HousebuilderTool.rb as well. So here it is.
[attachment=0:1lxtvlte]HouseBuilderTool.rb[/attachment:1lxtvlte]

Hi Tim, huge thanks for the door size bug fix. I copied the two files you posed into Plugins/Housebuilder file - fixes the door problem perfectly but has also converted my metric version of Housebuilder into imperial. Any advice on how to get it back to metric?

Thanks

Caerwyn_Isabella

@tim said:

Here it is anyway - modified Housebuilder.rb with the door sizing fixed to compensate for the rough opening offset

I downloaded HouseBuilder.rb. Should HouseBuilder_extension.rb be removed from the plugins folder?